The JFC Swing Tutorial: A Guide to Constructing GUIs (Java Series) - Softcover

Walrath, Kathy; Campione, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201433214 ISBN 13: 9780201433210

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1999

Synopsis

Developed and co-written by the lead writer on the Swing team, this book covers everything you need to know to write GUIs that use Swing components. The JFC Swing Tutorial uses a task-oriented, example-driven approach to introduce you to fundamental concepts and applications. Designed to be read either cover-to-cover or as a quick reference, this book explains how to use each Swing component, perform layout, do basic drawing, and convert 1.1 AWT programs to Swing. This book covers Swing 1.1.1.

An appendix lists the complete source code for dozens of example applications and applets. The CD-ROM includes Swing 1.1.1, JDK 1.1, the Java 2 Platform, and the hypertext version of all three Java Tutorial books.

About this title

About the Author

Kathy Walrath is a senior technical writer on the Swing team at Sun Microsystems. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kathy wrote extensively about Unix, Mach, and NextStep. Since 1993, Kathy has been writing specifications and how-to guides for the Java platform. Mary Campione was formerly a senior technical writer at Sun Microsystems, where she started writing about the Java platform in 1995. Mary graduated from California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, with a B.S. in Computer Science and has worked as both a technical writer and programmer.

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From the Back Cover

From the authors of the best-selling Java(TM) Tutorial , here is a guide to using the new Swing components, which are provided by the Java(TM) Foundation Classes (JFC). Developed and co-written by the lead writer on the Swing team, this book covers everything you need to know to write GUIs that use Swing components. The JFC Swing Tutorial uses a task-oriented, example-driven approach to introduce you to fundamental concepts and applications.

Designed to be read either cover-to-cover or as a quick reference, this book explains how to use each Swing component, perform layout, do basic drawing, and convert 1.1 AWT programs to Swing. This book covers Swing 1.1.1, which is available both as an extension to JDK(TM) 1.1 and as a core part of the Java(R) 2 Platform.

Chapters include:

• A quick start chapter, including a tour of a Swing application's code
• Swing features and concepts
• How-to information for all the Swing componentslabels, tool tips, buttons, menus, tables, scroll panes, text components, and more
• Instructions on how to write event handlers
• How to use layout managers
• Tips on solving common problems
• Guidance on working with graphics
• How to convert from AWT components to Swing components

An appendix lists the complete source code for dozens of example applications and applets. The accompanying CD-ROM includes Swing 1.1.1, JDK 1.1, the Java 2 Platform, and the hypertext version of all three Java Tutorial books.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201433214
• ISBN 13: 9780201433210
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 976